Scientists have for the first time demonstrated play-like behavior in flies. They found that fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) voluntarily and repeatedly visited a carousel.

The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

Refusing to pander to its audience, Flow is an animated adventure that is poignant, unique, absolutely gorgeous, and a must-see. While it should safely snag that Best International Feature spot, the ...

Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

Almost a week after a helicopter and airplane collision in Washington killed 67 people, investigators are still at work as ...

Now, the crane is at a crossroads. It can go the way of the sustainable success story, like the whitetail deer, the wild turkey and the duck, all persisting in Wisconsin as a beloved animal that ...

where the airline passenger flight originated. (AP Photo/John Hanna) A Coast Guard vessel with a crane and members of a dive team are pictured working near the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter in ...

The easiest way to access the crane migration is to fly into the area’s largest airport ... with improved infrastructure to view these amazing animals and continued education on the importance of the ...

We’ve already discovered the largest animal in the world, but now it’s time to take a look at the largest creature of the feathered variety. The largest bird on Earth is the ostrich. Too big and heavy ...

They are the size of a large housefly and feed only on blood. ©Jaco Visser/Shutterstock.com The tsetse fly is the first of several insects to make our list of the 10 deadliest animals in the world. As ...